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February 3, 1983
Cranston initiates
presidential race
United Press International
WASHING I ON —Sen. Alan
Cranston of' California, pledg
ing to end the “insane policy” of
nuclear arms buildup, Wednes
day,became the first Democrat
to formally enter the 1984 pres
idential race.
The Senate Democrat ic whip,
68, who set the record in his age
bracket for the 100-yard dash,
began the race as a liberal run
ning fin behind the two favorites
- former Vice President Walter
Mondale and Sen. John Glenn.
“I came here Wednesday to
announce my intention to cam
paign for the of fice of president
of the United States,” Cranston
said in a prepared statement. “I
have no other choice - not if I am
to remain loyal to the principles
which I have developed during
four pecades of public life.”
■Cranston made the
announcement beneath the
ornate crystal chandeliers of the
Senate Caucus Room — the
same place where John and
Robert Kennedy and a dozen
othersenators have begun their
run for the White House.
No one began earlier than
Cranston, who announced his
candidacy more than a year be
fore the nation’s first primary in
New Hampshire.
■Although little-known
nationwide, Cranston is a dedi
cated and hard campaigner who
is one of the party’s best fun
draisers. Because his native Cali
fornia provides 20 percent of
the delegates needed for nomi
nation, Cranston’s candidacy
will become credible if he makes
any kind of respectable showing
in the early primaries.
In launching his campaign,
Cranston sought to carve out as
his constituency the “over
whelming majority” who believe
nuclear weapons threaten to
wipe out society.
Cranston said his stand com
es not from the nuclear freeze
movement but from the fallout
of Hiroshima, and the confer
ence of 50 Americans who
gathered shortly after World
War 11 to discuss the meaning of
the nuclear age.
“Ever since, I have concen
trated on arms control, defense
and foreign policy so that I
could work, constructively and
creatively, against the holocaust
of modern war,” said Cranston.
“I believe in the necessities of
defense,” he said. “But we have
overleapt the bounds of reason.
“There can be no limited nuc
lear war, no winnable nuclear
war, no survivable nuclear war
— only devastation. The cost of
this insane policy — for both
America and Russia — is that
neither of us can meet the most
basic aspirations of oiir people,”
said Cranston.
“There can be no cure for
growing unemployment, de
creasing productivity, the di
minishing opportunity for indi
vidual Americans to enhance
their well-being,” he said, “if we
continue to pour a mounting
portion of our national re
sources — our money — into a
race to build arms.”
Cranston said his first act if
elected president would be to sit
down with the Soviets and nego
tiate an arms agreement.
“I will seek, first of all, a
mutual and verifiable freeze on
the production, testing and de
velopment of nuclear weapons,”
he said. “I will propose that we
meet again and again and again
until we agree on substantial re
ductions in our arsenals of
megadeath.”
Cranston was a correspon
dent for International News
Service, which was bought by
United Press 30 years ago, and
published a translation of Hit
ler’s “Mein Kampf” (My Strug
gle) before the start of World
War II.
He was elected California
state controller in 1958 and
1962. When Republican Sen.
Thomas Kuchel was beaten in a
primary by right winger Max
Rafferty, Cranston took advan
tage of the resulting hostility
and won a Senate seat in 1968.
UPI survey shows drop
in average gas prices
United Press International
An informal United Press Inter
national survey shows that gaso
line costs less than $ 1 a gallon at
numinous service stations across
thecountry, and federal of ficials
say its average price is the lowest
in three years.
fe The latest official figures
show regular leaded gasoline
' sold {for an average $1.18 per
^gallon in December. The price
Cof unleaded gasoline, which is
j s usedjin newer model cars, was
;41.26.
Federal officials say prices
dhave dropped about a nickel a
rgallon on average since Decem-
, ber, and experts predict a furth-
’ier lowering of prices by spring.
® The survey found gasoline
reselling for as little as 92 cents a
Vgallon for regular leaded at a
^suburban Denver, Colo., service
station.
The price at Don Plummer's
'Standard station included a 4-
J'cent discount for paying cash.
- Other Denver-area stations have
• beenl selling gasoline for about
i93 cents a gallon.
Pump prices vary nationwide
> in part because of dif f ering state
ftaxesL Gas prices will go up coast-
Jjo-coast April 1, when the feder-
£al excise tax increases by 5 cents
*.a gallon to 9 cents.
, “Gasoline prices are the
* lowest since Februarv 1980," a
spokesman for the Energv In
formation Adminstration said in
Washington. Tuesday. "At that
time, leaded regular was selling
for slightly below $1.16 and un
leaded f or about $ 1.20,” he said.
“Part of it has to do with the
fact that there are many more
self-service stations today than
three years ago,” the spokesman
said. “And demand has gone
down substantially. We’re using
a lot less gas today.”
Oil expert Dan Lundberg
said that many gas stations in the
United States are selling leaded
gasoline for under $1.
“Prices are very likely to con
tinue to decline,” Lundberg
said. “Between Dec. 17 and Jan.
21, the overall price of gasoline
declined 4.4 cents a gallon.”
He said falling prices do not
reflect a gas war among station
operators, although some sta
tion managers disagreed.
Lundberg said the decrease is
coming at the refinery level, re
flected by a $ 1 per barrel drop in
prices companies pay for crude.
Part of the lower crude prices
is the result of a fallout from a
dispute among oil producing
countries over production levels
and pricing in the face of an in
ternational oil surplus caused by
the worldwide recession.
The Arkansas Automobile
Association said gasoline prices
are going down drastically in the
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state, with some self-service sta
tions selling regular gas for
under $1 a gallon.
George Diaz, a Mobil station
manager in south Miami, said he
is selling regular gasoline for
98.9 cents at the self-service
pump.
“We do pretty well with that
price, but nobody’s going crazy
about it or anything,” said Diaz.
Frank Bruno, an Amoco sta
tion manager in Orlando, Fla.,
said, “There’s no need for a gas
war.” He said that he is selling
regular leaded gasoline for 98.9
cents a gallon, but he is losing 3
cents a gallon at those prices.
“The oil companies tell us to
get competitive,” Bruno said.
“Why don’t the oil companies
get competitive? The gas war
isn’t between the oil companies.
It’s between the dealers.”
Gas prices fell to 99.9 cents a
gallon for self-service regular
last month in some locations in
Iowa. Retailers got into what
state officials called a reverse
gas-war that pushed prices back
up to the $1.12-$ 1.15 range in
Des Moines.
Based on survey of 100 gaso
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the Department of Consumer
Affairs, prices ranged from a
low of $1.26 a gallon for leaded
regular to $1.49 for premium
unleaded.
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